The Stymie Stakes is an American race for Thoroughbred horses at Aqueduct Racetrack . Usually raced in late February or early March, it is open to horses age four and older. It is run on dirt over a distance of one mile and offers a purse of $ 150,000.
15-605: The race was named in honor of Stymie , the handicap champion of 1945. A $ 1,500 claimer , he was inducted into the United States Racing Hall of Fame in 1975. Making 131 career starts, Stymie won 35, placed in 33, and came in third 28 times. At the time, his earnings of $ 918,485 set a record. In the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century Stymie is listed as #41. Originally
30-536: A handicap race for horses age three and older, the Stymie was a Grade 3 event from 1973 through 2002 after which it became a Listed race . It was hosted by Belmont Park from inception in 1956 to 1961, and again between 1968 and 1975. The great Kelso won the Stymie Handicap in 1962 then in 1965 won it again in what would be the final win of his brilliant career, capped off with his fifth American Horse of
45-682: Is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey . Open to horses three years of age and older, the race was first run in 1884. In 1891, New Jersey state legislators began a move to ban parimutuel betting and the race had to be moved to the Jerome Park Racetrack and the Morris Park Racetrack in The Bronx , New York . With a legislated permanent ban, after
60-848: Is the second leg of the Mid Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships Long Dirt Division or MATCh Races. MATCh is a series of five races in five separate thoroughbred divisions run throughout four Mid-Atlantic States including; Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park Racecourse in Maryland; Delaware Park Racetrack in Delaware; Parx , Philadelphia Park and Presque Isle Downs in Pennsylvania and Monmouth Park in New Jersey. Time record (since 1979): Most wins: Most wins by
75-782: The Brooklyn Handicap , Dixie Handicap , Jockey Club Gold Cup , Monmouth Handicap , and Pimlico Special , and showed in the Suburban Handicap , Butler Handicap, Saratoga Handicap and Sussex Handicap. At age six, Stymie won the Gold Cup, Gallant Fox Handicap, Massachusetts Handicap , Aqueduct Handicap, Metropolitan Handicap , Sussex Handicap, and Questionnaire Handicap, placed in the Brooklyn Handicap, Butler Handicap, Edgemere Handicap, Manhattan Handicap, and Queens County Handicap , and finished third in
90-552: The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1975. In The Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century , he is ranked #41. Jacobs, who died in 1970, was elected as a trainer to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1958. He and his wife named their Sparks, Maryland , breeding operation Stymie Manor. Monmouth Handicap The Philip H. Iselin Stakes
105-653: The Suburban Handicap , Queens County Handicap , and Yonkers Handicap, and finished third in the Pimlico Special , Jockey Club Gold Cup , Whitney Stakes , and Merchants' and Citizens' Handicap. At age five, he won the Gallant Fox Handicap (beating the winner of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing , Assault ), New York Handicap , Grey Lag Handicap, Manhattan Handicap , Edgemere Handicap, Whitney Stakes , and Saratoga Cup. He also placed in
120-593: The Wood Memorial Stakes and third in the Gallant Fox Handicap, Westchester Handicap, Riggs Handicap, Pimlico Cup Handicap, Flamingo Stakes , and Shevlin Stakes . In 1945, the US government shut down racing for four months. Stymie was given a seven-month rest. He then won the Brooklyn Handicap , Butler Handicap , Westchester Handicap , Pimlico Cup , Riggs Handicap , Saratoga Cup , Continental Handicap, and Grey Lag Handicap. In addition, he came in second in
135-638: The 1893 running the Monmouth Park Racetrack was shut down and the property sold. In 1946 Thoroughbred racing returned to a new Monmouth Park facility, spurred on by the burgeoning American economy after the end of World War II. From inception until 1966 the race was known as the Monmouth Handicap; then from 1967 through 1980 it was run as the Amory L. Haskell Handicap. In 1981 it reverted to the Monmouth Handicap name, then in 1986, it
150-943: The Jockey Club Gold Cup and Whitney Stakes. When he was seven, he won the Aqueduct Handicap, Metropolitan Handicap, and Sussex Handicap, took second in the Suburban Handicap, Dixie Handicap, and Queens County Handicap, and was third in the Brooklyn Handicap and Excelsior Handicap. In his last year at eight, he was second in the New York Handicap. In the 1948 Monmouth Handicap suffered a fractured sesamoid bone in his right foreleg. He returned in 1949 to continue his career as an eight year old but did not win in five starts. Out of 131 lifetime starts, Stymie won 35, placed in 33, and showed in 28. His career winnings were $ 918,485. That made him, at
165-648: The Year title. The 1972 edition of the Stymie Handicap was won by the Venezuelan longshot Canonero II who had won the 1971 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes . In capturing the Stymie, Canonero II won by five lengths while equaling the North American record for a mile and an eighth. Speed record: Most wins: Most wins by a jockey : Most wins by a trainer : Most wins by an owner: Stymie (horse) Stymie (April 4, 1941 − 1962)
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#1732800873170180-556: The time's leading trainers. Jacobs claimed the horse for $ 1,500 for his wife Ethel Jacobs. Stymie raced ten more times before winning again. At that point, his record consisted of seven wins out of fifty starts. At age two, Stymie lost every race he ran in except one. He also placed in the Ardsley Handicap and showed in the Thomas K. Lynch Memorial Handicap. At age three, he lost most of his races. However, he came in second in
195-457: The time, the richest race horse in America. At Suffolk Downs on July 7, 1947, Stymie became the first horse ever to eclipse the $ 700,000 earnings mark. He was so heavily bet that a minus show pool of $ 25,887 was created that day, and the tote board briefly jammed due to the flood of money wagered on him. A grandson of Equipoise and inbred to Man O' War, Stymie died in 1962. He was elected to
210-480: Was an American Thoroughbred racehorse . Stymie, a chestnut horse with a narrow white blaze was bred by Max Hirsch and was born on King Ranch in Texas. As a young horse, Stymie possessed so terrible a disposition that his ability to race was hampered; his trainer did not see much in him. Therefore, two of Stymie's first three starts were claiming races . On June 2, 1943, Stymie was bought by Hirsch Jacobs, one of
225-564: Was given its present name to honor Philip H. Iselin , a founding shareholder and director of the Monmounth Park Racetrack who would serve as its president and chairman of the Board of directors . Created in the 19th century, when most Thoroughbred horse races were run at much longer distances than they are today, the early Monmouth Handicaps were raced over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles. The Philip Iselin Stakes
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